Ceramic vs. Alnico Neck Pickup?

[Ephemeria]

Will somebody PLEASE clear up what the advantages/diadvantages are of having a ceramic neck humbucker over an alnico - and vice-versa. I'm playin Drop B Metalcore on a Les Paul, btw. Cheers :)

[Transcend]

if you look there is a magnet description thread by TIM where he explains how the different magnets affect the sound

[Telerocker]

In general the ceramic is tighter in lowend, alnico is tad warmer/looser, however a lot of BKP's alnico's are pretty tight. For metal en downtuning ceramics are the (safe) way to go.

[Ephemeria]

I mean for a neck pickup. I know how it affects the pickup in the bridge position. I just wanted a bit more on how ceramics react when they're played in the neck position, where the sound is warmer?

[Transcend]

it does pretty much the same thing.

Gives increased attack, with more focus & more high end extension.

I personally dont like ceramic neck pickups as it destroys one of the only 2 things i use the neck pickup for and that is the nice thick and full clean tones

[dave_mc]

+1

I haven't tried any BKP ceramics, so maybe there is an advantage with them, but with the few ceramic neck pickups I have tried, I lost way too much for very little (if any) gain.

[Telerocker]

I mean for a neck pickup. I know how it affects the pickup in the bridge position. I just wanted a bit more on how ceramics react when they're played in the neck position, where the sound is warmer?

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the same goes more or less for the neckposition. However, I would never choose a ceramic pu for the neck. Alnico has a tonally wider/deeper spectrum, I think.